ERIN CASEY HANGARTNER
ehangartner@midrid.com

ERIN CASEY HANGARTNER is a native New Orleanian who graduated, cum laude, from Loyola University in New Orleans where she was a member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. Ms. Hangartner received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola in 1996. While in law school, Ms. Hangartner was a member of the Moot Court Staff and the American Trial Lawyers Association. She was also a student practitioner in the Loyola Law Clinic where she worked in the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office as a volunteer law clerk.

Following law school, Ms. Hangartner entered the District Attorney's Office where she began her career in the Juvenile Division and was eventually promoted to the Violent Offender Strike Force. Ms Hangartner prosecuted complex and multi-defendant cases as well as capital murder, rape, armed robbery and distribution of narcotics cases. During her tenure at the District Attorney's Office, Ms. Hangartner taught Continuing Legal Education seminars on such topics as Complex Litigation and RICO issues, Prosecution of Narcotics Cases and Search and Seizure. Ms. Hangartner has tried 75 jury and numerous bench trials.

Ms. Hangartner left the District Attorney’s Office in September of 2000 and joined the law firm of Tarcza and Gelderman, L.L.C. She participated as lead counsel in depositions, discovery, motion and trial practice in a variety of civil litigation matters.

Ms. Hangartner is now a Partner in the New Orleans office of Middleberg, Riddle and Gianna. Her practice is devoted to general and commercial litigation. Her clients include manufacturers, distributors, property owners, tenants, managers, large insurance companies, railcar owners, ambulance companies and other businesses. Ms. Hangartner’s current litigation practice is diverse and includes medical malpractice defense, toxic tort defense, contract disputes, products liability, employment matters and insurance defense. She has represented both premises owners and manufacturers in toxic tort litigation, and has successfully defeated a number of class action suits.

      Ms. Hangartner is licensed to practice before all Louisiana state courts, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association and the New Orleans Bar Association.

Founding Director of Court Watch NOLA

EDUCATION:

• Juris Doctor, Loyola University School of Law, 1996
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice, Loyola University, 1993

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Corporate and Insurance Defense
• Industrial Catastrophe Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Medical Malpractice

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:

• Louisiana
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• New Orleans Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Association
• Licensed Notary Public
• American Bar Association